Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955)

Democratic Party
민주당
民主黨
AbbreviationDP
Founded18 September 1955
Dissolved1963
Preceded byDemocratic Nationalist
Succeeded byPeople's
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
Colors  Blue

The Democratic Party (DP; Korean민주당; Hanja民主黨; RRMinjudang) was a political party in South Korea.[1] The party was the first truly organized liberal opposition against Syngman Rhee's conservative Liberal Party, and is considered as the predecessor to the lineage of the South Korean liberal parties.

  1. ^ Elections in Asia and the Pacific : a data handbook. Nohlen, Dieter., Grotz, Florian., Hartmann, Christof. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. ISBN 019924958X. OCLC 48585734.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)